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Published on September 11, 2009
RECENT “CLEAN-UP” IN HERITAGE PARTY CONTRADICTS LAW
- “I am still considered Vice Chair of Heritage party’s managing board because decision on my removal does not comply with letter of law,” former Vice Chair of “Heritage” party’s managing board Movses Aristakesyan told a news conference in Yerevan. The speaker finds that by making such decision board members breached relevant clauses of the law “On Parties”. Besides, Under party’s regulations, managing board is not entitled to remove a member in his absence, he added. “The board has absolutely no right to remove Vardan Khachatryan, Zoya Tadevosyan and me. Such decision can be made only during a session,” Aristakesyan stressed. Answering journalists’ question on expelled party members’ further plans, the speaker said that they intended to apply to Justice Ministry for having such decision recognized null and void.
Headlines for September 11, 2009
RA AMBASSADOR TO UN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS WITH ORGANIZATION’S SEC. GEN.
Armenia’s permanent representative to the UN Karen Nazaryan handed credentials to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday. During the meeting, the two men discussed Armenia’s engagement in the organization’s ...RA PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSED RA-BRAZILIAN COLLABORATION WITH BRAZILIAN ACTOR
Today, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met famous Brazilian actor and politician Stepan Nersesyan who is on his fist visit to his historic motherland, RA Government press service reported. RA Prime ...SUKHOI SUPERJET 100 ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
Sukhoi Superjet 100 landed Friday at Shirak Airport, Gyumri, Armenia. In Gyumri, SSJ100 will undergo a series of tests, assessing takeoff and landing performance as well as climb rate characteristics. ...AZERBAIJAN PRESENTS CORPS OF GEORGIAN SOLDIERS AS DEAD ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN
Azeri media publications that “Armenian military launched an attack in Aghdam direction, as result of which 5 Armenian soldiers were killed” are untrue, RA Defense Minister’s spokesman, colonel Seyran ...GOVERNMENT’S ANTI-CRISIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED AT FAST PACES
since its principles and clauses inspire positive hopes, said Arsen Kazaryan, Head of RA Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. According to him, Government’s operating headquarter approved several ...TURKISH JOURNALISTS VISITED STEPANAKERT
On September 9, two Turkish journalists, representing Milliyet newspaper and private TV channel, arrived in Stepanakert . Journalists traveled through Yerevan and received accreditation at NKR MFA, signing ...HOVHANNES IGITYAN: TURKEY LINKS ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS TO KARABAKH ISSUE
Turkey does link Armenian-Turkish relations to Karabakh issue, according to Hovhannes Igityan, Armenian National Movement board member and former chairman of parliamentary external relations committee. ...OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER TO PROMOTE ARMENIA’S DEVELOPMENT
Opening of the border with Turkey can help development of Armenian economy, according to Arsen Ghazaryan, chairman of RA union of industrialists and entrepreneurs. He disagreed with former Armenian ...IRAN-ARMENIA RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION CONSTITUENT OF ARMENIA’S FLEXIBLE STRATEGY
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Construction of Iran-Armenia railway is a constituent of Armenia’s flexible strategy, no matter whether the Armenian-Turkish is open or not, said Arsen Ghazaryan, chairman of RA union of industrialists ...ARMENIA ACTIVELY PREPARES FOR SHANGHAI EXPO-2010 EXHIBITION
RA Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, in cooperation with Trade Industrial Chamber and Armenian Development Agency, is intensively preparing for Shanghai Expo-2010 exhibition, Union Chair Karen ...RUSSIA’S POSITION IN CAUCASUS WEAKENS
Turkish diplomacy should not be underestimated, a Russian expert said. “Russia’s positions in the Caucasus are weakening. Moscow should focus on the region, otherwise it will be too late,” Andrey Areshev, ...8 YEARS SINCE SEPTEMBER 11
It has been eight years since the simple date September 11 became an horrific watershed moment for the United States and the rest of the world. This year the annual commemoration of the attacks in the ...RECENT “CLEAN-UP” IN HERITAGE PARTY CONTRADICTS LAW
“I am still considered Vice Chair of Heritage party’s managing board because decision on my removal does not comply with letter of law,” former Vice Chair of “Heritage” party’s managing board Movses Aristakesyan ...ARMENIAN-TURKISH RAPPROCHEMENT CONTROLLED BY UNITED STATES
Protocols submitted on August 31 were prepared back in March. They served as a source for Basic Principles publicized on April 23, said Hovhannes Igityan , board member of Pan-Armenian National Movement ...OPENING OF BORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ON HISTORICAL ARMENIAN LANDS
In case of opening border with Turkey, Armenia can become Turkey’s competitor in sphere of developing tourism on its historical lands, i.e. in Lake Van region, said Arsen Kazaryan, Head of the Union of ...HSBS BANK ARMENIA EXTENDS COOPERATION WITH STUDENTS
For the third consecutive year HSBC Bank Armenia has run its two month Summer Internship Program, the bank’s press service reports. From 2007 thirty one students have graduated from this program and eight ...ARSEN GHAZARIAN: NO BOOM OF TURKISH INVESTMENT EXPECTED IN ARMENIA
In case of opening of the Armenian-Turkish border Armenia will restore its status as a transit country, the chairman of Armenia’s Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Arsen Ghazaryan said. “Armenia ...ARFD NOT AN ANTI-TURKISH PARTY
ARF Dashnaktsutyun was never against opening of Armenian-Turkish border without preconditions. However, Dashnaktsutyun believes that normalization of ties with neighboring state is possible only after ...HOVHANNES IGITYAN: ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT SERVES AS TOOL FOR PRESIDENT
It was the Turkish side that made claims for submitting Protocols to Parliament for ratification, said Hovhannes Igityan, board member of Pan-Armenian National Movement and former Head of RA Parliament’s ...TURKEY RETAINS ITS INFLUENCE ON NAGORNO KARABAKH CONFLICT
"Pre-signed Armenian-Turkish protocols devalue by the fact that Armenia, as these documents testify, took all preconditions of the Turkish side," Levon Zurabyan , coordinator of the Armenian National ...ARF TO OFFER A PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS
In the coming days, ARF Dashnaktsutyun will present a public the package of amendments to the Protocols on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations, Aghvan Vardanyan , member of the ARF Bureau ...ANC: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES LOOK FOR LEGITIMACY IN INTERNATIONAL ARENA
“In the international arena the Armenian authorities can make concessions, contradicting to Armenia’s national interests, since they have no legitimacy within the country and want to find it on the international ...315 INDIVDUALS GRANTED AMNESTY IN ARMENIA
As of September 11, 2009, 315 convicts (including 8 women and 3 minors) were released from Armenia’s penitentiary institutions under NA Decision on Declaring Amnesty, RA Justice Ministry’s press service ...RAFFI HOVANNISYAN MUST TO MANIFEST ITSELF MORE STRONGLY
"By Raffi Hovannisian’s initiative our party withdrawn the presidency institute which in accordance to democratic principles," Movses Aristakesyan , former deputy chairman of the Heritage Party told ...POLAND PREPARES FOR OPENING OF ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER?
Armenia will purchase three trains from Poland, which will serve the Armenia-Turkey line. Poznan’s tire trains plant, a subsidiary of Tsegelski CJSC, must provide Armenia with three freight trains along ...SUPERPOWERS FORCE YEREVAN AND ANKARA TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
The real danger in the Armenian-Turkish relations lies in the fact that nobody knows what will be the next document, Manvel Sargsyan , political scientist told a press conference in Yerevan today. “In ...CHINA READY TO STRENGTHEN AND BROADEN COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA
During his visit to China, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandyan met with PRC Vice President Xi Jinping. Touching upon development of Bilateral ties, Chinese official attached importance to enhanced political ...SCR INTERESTED IN HEALTH PROJECTS
General Director of “South Caucasus Railways” Shevket Shajdullin met with Armenia’s Minister of Health Harutiun Kushkyan, press service of the company reports. During the meeting officials discussed ...ARMENIA CAN BECOME A "TOKEN MONEY" IN SUPERPOWERS’ GAMES
Today, a large auction is conducted behind Armenia and it cannot be allowed that Armenia became a token money in the games of superpowers", Vardan Khachatryan , deputy of the RA National Assembly told ...DAYS OF RUSSIAN LANGUAGE TO BECOME GOOD TRADITION IN ARMENIA
President Serzh Sargsyan has received Farid Mukhametshin, RF President’s Special Representative for CIS and Head of Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, who has arrived in Armenia to participate in Russian ...ARMENIANS OF TORONTO MAKE STATEMENT
More than 400 members of the Toronto Armenian community gathered at the Armenian Community Centre on September 4 to learn more about the recently negotiated protocols for the normalization of relations ...SUREN SURENYANTS: CENTURY-OLD PROBLEM NOT TO BE SOLVED IN TWO MONTHS
Until the Armenian-Turkish relations are not normalized, Armenia cannot be considered fully independent country, Suren Surenyants , member of the board of the “Republica” Party told a press conference ...RULING PARTY MEMBERS AND PRO-OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS EXCHANGED STINGING REMARKS
In a joint press conference held today, Republican MP Rafik Petrosyan and Pan-Armenian National Movement’s board member Hovhannes Igityan addressed biting remarks to each other. “RPA has turned into ...EU ELABORATES NEW STRATEGY FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS
During a meeting on September 14, EU Foreign Ministers are expected to launch a debate on how to bring the bloc’s outreach to the South Caucasus up to date. The EU recognizes that the South Caucasus is ...TURKEY'S FM TO MEET POLITICAL LEADERS TO INFORM ON FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is set to begin informing the Turkish parliament about current foreign policy issues. According to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Davutoglu will ...SUREN SURENYANTS: TURKEY WILL SOONER OR LATER RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Turkey will sooner or later recognize Armenian Genocide, and that will be achieved through Armenian-Turkish dialogue, Republic party’s board member Suren Surenyants told a news conference in Yerevan. ...SUREN SURENYANTS: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES “SERIOUSLY LACK INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL”
Armenian authorities seriously lack intellectual potential, Republic party’s political board member Suren Surenyants told a news conference in Yerevan. Commenting upon FM Edward Nalbandyan’s recent press ...ANCA TO HONOR ROBERT MENENDEZ WITH FREEDOM AWARD
The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Eastern Region will be honoring United States Senator Robert Menendez with its highest honor, the prestigious Freedom Award, at the Third Annual ANCA ...
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